I have a Secret

When Huang Dan returned to the town, the streets and alleys were buzzing with people, and the cries of hawkers kept coming and going. It was the same as when he left, but there was a vaguely uncomfortable atmosphere.

A piece of paper money floated by, Huang Dan reached out to grab it, he looked up and saw the funeral procession coming around the corner from West Street.

Not the patriarch, but a family in the town.

Huang Dan didn't know what was going on until he heard the discussion on the street.

It turned out that the daughter of a family had a lot of red spots on her body, which was painful and itchy. She took the medicine and drank it but it didn't help, so she found a so-called onmyoji, who was said to be able to talk to the god Da Luo in the sky, and also to get rid of it. Communicating with Lord Yan of the underworld is very powerful.

The onmyoji burned a few talismans, saying that the girl had entered the body from an evil spirit, and that catastrophe was imminent for the family.

The girl's family panicked and begged the onmyoji for a solution.

Onmyoji said that it can be solved by removing the limbs.

In order to avoid the disaster, the family forcibly chopped off the girl's limbs.

The girl lost too much blood and unfortunately died.

When such a tragedy happened, the commentators only thought that the girl's own fate was bad and she died at a young age. They didn't think it was the onmyoji's nonsense, and they didn't think it was her family's fault that she believed it to be true.

This is the most terrible.

It's obviously wrong, and it's outrageously wrong, but for people, it's right!

Huang Dan suddenly remembered something. Back then, Ye Lan said by the Earthworm River that this town was the same as before, pedantic, ignorant, ignorant, feudal, and stubborn. She also said that the air here was depressive, and she really didn’t want to come back. .

The last time they met, Ye Lan ran down from the boat and told Huang Dan that the town was a tomb and told him not to come back.

Most people have the feeling of returning to the place where they were born. Even if they are in other places, they will occasionally think of all kinds of things when they were young. Ye Lan does not. Her resistance and disgust from the bottom of her heart are too strong.

There is only one possibility, that is, what happened in this town before, Ye Lan knows.

What happened was so profound that Ye Lan even excluded her own father.

Huang Dan's thoughts were pulled back by the sound of the horn.

There is a custom in the town that when you see a funeral procession, no matter what urgent business you have, you must give way, otherwise you will be haunted by ghost energy, which will damage your yang energy, get sick, or shorten your lifespan.

Someone shouted, and the pedestrians retreated one after another.

The slow-running child was carried away by the woman, fearing that if he was too late, the child would suffer from bad or bad.

The streets were vacated, and the family members of the deceased in linen howled and threw paper money into the sky.

Huang Dan glanced at the coffin on the bullock cart, and then looked at the middle-aged couple in front of them. They were all haggard, with tears on their faces, crying and crying, "My poor daughter——"

If they did it all over again, they would still do it.

Huang Dan remembered what the old lady had said to him, that people should not be destroyed for themselves, and this sentence was a bit penetrating in this situation.

The funeral procession walked out of East Street, and the noise returned to normal.

When the big guy sees the yellow slip, he will whisper, but he won't step forward to say anything in front of him.

The big families fight openly and covertly, you live and die, it has nothing to do with poor people like them, people and things that are out of reach.

Even if a big family is bloodbathed overnight, everyone can only sigh at most.

Liu Chu pulled the rein and came over, "Master, you will be home soon, why are you in a daze?"

Huang Dan said, "Did you hear the discussion on the side of the road?"

Liu Chu, "Yes."

Huang Dan turned his head, wanted to say something but didn't say it, it didn't make much sense.

Liu Chu guessed the young man's thoughts, "Let's go, the only thing you can control is yourself, you can't control others."

Huang Dan sighed softly, "Yes."

Si Mao suddenly came from behind, with a shocked expression on his face, and his tongue was also tied, "Boss, I, I, I seem to have seen Boss Dai just now!"

Liu Chu frowned, "Where is it?"

Si Mao looked around, said he didn't know, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Chu glanced around, the crowd was bustling, full of heads, "It's tricky."

Si Mao scratched the back of his head, "Maybe."

Huang Dan didn't think it was a trick, so he had Boss Dai's enchanting figure. There was no other one in the town, and there was nothing similar.

His eyes are moving back and forth between shops, stalls, and pedestrians. It stands to reason that the evil wind in this town is very strong, and things as big as sesame seeds will be blown into the alleys, blown into people's ears, and stick to them. Everyone's spittle stars.

If Boss Dai is really in town, with her popularity, it is impossible not to attract attention.

Huang Dan frowned and asked Mr. System.

The system gave the official answer, saying that there is no permission and cannot answer.

Yellow slips already know the rules.

However, Mr. System does not have authority over anything related to tasks, so there must be something tied to the other end of Boss Dai's line.

The gate of the Song Mansion was closed tightly, and the police hurried to pull the knocker, only then did the servants ask who it was from inside.

Huang Dan said, "It's me."

The door opened with a creak, and one of the servants saluted respectfully, while the other ran to inform the housekeeper.

The butler hurried over after hearing the news, his wrinkled face was full of excitement, and wept with joy, "Master, you are finally back."

He looked at Liu Chu, "Captain Liu, thank you for escorting the young master back."

Liu Chu looked up, "You're welcome."

Huang Dan greeted Liu Chu, and after a quick exchange of glances, he walked into the mansion alone, "I've heard some things about the family, how is grandma's condition?"

The butler wiped his eyes and let out a long sigh, "The doctor said that the situation is not optimistic."

Huang Dan asked, "Did the foreign doctor invite you?"

The housekeeper said please, "The foreign doctor almost meant the same thing. He said that the old lady has a heart problem and has missed the time for surgery. I don't quite understand the other words."

Huang Dan said, "How did the teacher get hurt?"

The housekeeper told Huang Dan in detail that the patriarch brought the teacher to the mansion that day, and accused the old lady of more than a dozen crimes, saying that she used public affairs for personal gain and harmed the interests of the Song family. It is stipulated that one hundred boards will be hit and then closed for one month.

Old man Zhao came out to dissuade him, but was pushed down by a teacher, hit his head, and was beaten several times with sticks.

Huang Dan's footsteps paused slightly. At the age of the old lady, let alone a hundred boards, even ten boards would not be able to carry it. The patriarch wanted the old lady's life.

He remembered that before leaving the county seat, the old lady said that the position of patriarch was his, and that she would settle all obstacles for him.

The old lady's health is not very good. Last time, because the patriarch brought the witch to make trouble and forcibly took away the grandson, she fainted from anger, and her health became worse after that.

After all, the old lady wanted to do her best for her grandson as one last thing before she passed away.

It is estimated that the patriarch knew from other sources that the old lady was dealing with him secretly, and that he wanted to take his position, so he decided to fight to the death.

The final result is one death and one disease.

Huang Dan strode into the room, and the smell of medicine came to his nostrils.

There was a lamp in the room, which was brought back from abroad by the original owner as a gift for the old lady.

One side of the bed curtain was drawn back, and the wrinkles on the forehead of the old man lying inside were all swollen, the skin on his face and bags under the eyes were drooping listlessly. She was wearing a black robe made of high-quality fabrics, shrouded in a dark and deadly atmosphere. I don't know if I'm asleep or awake.

Huang Dan walked over with light steps, lowered his head and called out, "Grandma."

Song Yingshi slowly opened his eyes, his breath was cold, "Ah Wang, is that you?"

Huang Dan said, "It's me, I'm back."

Song Jushi slowly raised his dry hand, his arm was trembling constantly.

Huang Dan took the old man's hand.

Song Ying's breath was weak, "Come here."

Huang Dan leaned in front of the old man, and heard the old man say something in his ear. It was a few people's names, including offshoots of the Song family, squires from the town, and businessmen from other places. They were all trustworthy confidants. can help him.

"Grandma, you'll be fine."

Song Yingshi didn't say anything, just shook his head.

In the case of non-accidental death, when people are about to die, they all have feelings, knowing how many steps they have to go to the end, and what is the end of the road.

Huang Dan also realized that his comfort was weak, he pursed his lips, "Grandma, is there a Tian's family in this town?"

Song Ying's eyes suddenly popped, and he tightened his grip on his grandson's hand, his breath was cold and chaotic.

Huang Dan said, "A few days ago, Ye Lan went to see her second aunt in prison, and I heard they mentioned a Tian family."

"Grandma, I told you before that Ye Lan has been looking for someone. The second aunt said that the person she was looking for was the Tian family. I saw Ye Lan crying, as if something bad happened to the Tian family. That man is dead."

He frowned, "But, is there a Tian family in the town? Why can't I remember anything?"

Song Yingshi closed her eyelids and said nothing.

Huang Dan called out again.

Song Yingshi did not open her eyes, "Grandma is tired."

Huang Dan said, "Then you rest."

He turned around, and when he took two steps, he heard an old voice from behind, "Awang, don't be afraid, grandma has agreed with Buddha, everything will be borne by grandma, and it will not fall on you."

This sentence, to Huang Dan's ears, is the cycle of cause and effect, good and evil will eventually be rewarded.

Judging by the old lady's reaction, it seemed that she had participated in something condemned by God.

She determined her own ending to be self-inflicted.

Will it be related to the Tian family?

Huang Dan went to ask the housekeeper, "Is there a Tian family in the town before?"

The butler's wrinkled face trembled, and he said that there was a Tian family, "The young master was ill and forgot something."

Huang Dan couldn't find the memory of the original owner's childhood illness. What kind of disease can lose part of the memory?Still alone about the Tian family?He asked, "Then what happened to the Tian family..."

The housekeeper interrupted, "Master, why bother to remember things you have forgotten?"

Huang Dan was speechless.

He asked the elderly servants in the mansion, asked the storyteller in the teahouse, and even asked the beggars on the street, but he found nothing.

Everyone in the town has a taboo in their hearts, and that is the Tian family.

That surname doesn't seem to be able to appear in their lives.

Huang Dan and Liu Chu made an appointment to meet by the Earthworm River, and he sat on the grass, thinking about the river.

Liu Chu touched the young man's face, "Did you hear what I told you just now?"

Huang Dan came back to his senses, "What did you say?"

Liu Chu's face twitched, "What's the matter, this is, when you see me, you lose your mind?"

Huang Dan said, "I'm thinking about something."

Liu Chu raised his eyebrows, "What do you think?"

Huang Dan said, "It's about the Tian family."

Liu Chu pinched the young man's chin and let him look at him, "I found that you are very interested in that Tian family."

Huang Dan said, "I don't remember that there was a Tian family in this town, do you think it's strange?"

Liu Chu stroked his chin a few times, and one corner of his lips curled up, "No wonder, you are stupid when you read."

"..."

Huang Dan said, "I'm serious."

"Me too." Liu Chu leaned closer and rubbed the tip of his nose, "Listen to me, this guy has such a big brain, he can't fit too many things in it, and if it's not important, it will definitely be dug up Make room for the important parts."

"So, let everything go as it pleases, don't force it, since you don't remember the Tian family, why bother to look it up?"

Huang Dan was silent.

There was no one else by the river, Liu Chu kissed enough, so he lifted the hem of the young man's shirt and pinched his waist.

Huang Dan pushed the man's rough hand away, pinching him a little painful and itchy, "Go back, I want to think about something alone."

Liu Chu frowned, "You drove me away not long after I came here?"

Huang Dan said, "I want to think of something here."

Liu Chu was aggrieved, "That's what you think about you, and I didn't interfere with you."

Huang Dan said, "You keep touching me."

Liu Chu rested his chin on the young man's shoulder, "What's wrong with touching you, you are not allowed to touch you? I will not only touch, but also bite."

As he spoke, he bit the young man's ear.

Huang Dan's eyes were red with pain, and tears fell down, "Let's go? If you don't go, I'll go."

Liu Chu twitched the corners of his mouth, and he exaggeratedly covered his heart, "Master, I'm really sad when you say that."

Huang Dan looked at the childish man, "Forget it, just stay here."

Liu Chu wiped away the tears for the young man, then went to the ground, resting his head on his leg.

Huang Dan pushed the man, "Someone will come and see."

Liu Chu's eyelids were half closed, and he said with a naughty smile, "I saw it when I saw it, what's the problem? We are innocent."

Thanks to the man, Huang Dan almost didn't know the word innocence.

He stood on the grass and looked up at the blue sky, sorting out all the suspects and corresponding clues so far.

Boss Zhang died due to people's ignorance and ignorance. The doubts about the old man Zhao and the old lady were all provided by Boss Dai. Her life, death and whereabouts are still question marks, and her identity is yet to be determined.

There is nothing suspicious about Father Ye, Ye Lan has already left here, and the second aunt was beheaded.

Who else has not been let in by him?

Scholar?Juaner?

Huang Dan filtered all the way in his mind, then circled back to Boss Dai, and then bypassed, "Mr. System, can you disclose all the information about the Tian family to me?"

System, "I checked it for you below, and it takes 750 points."

Huang Dan said, "It's so expensive."

He asked, "Mr. System, I haven't seen the point bag drop for a long time. Is your data wrong?"

The system said, "There is no error in our data, Mr. Huang, it is your task that has not progressed."

Huang Dan said, "That's right."

The system said, "This is your personal list, please check it out, if there is no problem, just sign below, and the following will handle the filing procedures for you."

A bulletin board-like thing appeared in front of the yellow sheet, with a piece of paper pasted on it, and he roughly scanned, "I have used 98 chrysanthemum spirits? So many?"

System, "Yes, this is just a negligible number. The leader below told me that the units of other hosts are in the hundreds of millions."

Yellow list, "..."

He signed, "Isn't this mission the last time?"

The system said, "Mr. Huang, I'm just an intern, so I can't answer your question."

intern?Huang Dan was stunned, this was the first time that Mr. System had told him about his work since they met.

In the office, interns are all sought-after. They are young, enthusiastic, energetic, able to lengthen and widen, and have strong plasticity.

The two interns under the yellow list are very cute, and Mr. System should be the same. He has a good personality. He tried his best to fight for his interests and gave him things. "It's okay, I'll take it one step at a time."

someone is coming.

Liu Chu sat up from Huang Dan's legs in an instant.

Huang Dan said, "We are innocent, why are you panicking?"

Liu Chu said solemnly, "It is indeed innocent, but if others don't know, it will be troublesome to explain one thing."

Huang Dan knocked the grass off his arm, "It must be a guilty conscience."

He glanced at the middle-aged man carrying water not far away, "We've all slept many times, so we're ashamed to say we're innocent."

Liu Chu remembered it again and again, "There are only six times in total, how can there be many times?"

Huang Dan said, "I mean sleep."

Liu Chu blinked, "Yes, what I told you is the same thing."

Huang Dan pursed her lips, "I can't always say no to you."

Liu Chu leaned into his ear and smiled, "But you can ride on me, and I will only ride on you alone."

Huang Dan said, "Very tired."

Liu Chu, "..."

He didn't know what picture he thought of, his cheeks became hot, and a blush spread from the base of his ears to his neck.

Huang Dan glanced at it and then again, "It's not dark yet, why are you thinking about such things?"

Liu Chu was shameless, "It's not because you haven't fed me enough."

Huang Dan tugged at the man's hand, "Then let's go eat, I'll feed you."

Liu Chu stood up slowly, and slapped the young man's buttocks a few times, "I owe you, after I've been busy for a while, I have to make up for it."

The old lady's condition was serious, so Liu Chu didn't leave any more yellow tickets, and sent him back to the Song Mansion after dinner.

Man is a strange creature, the less he knows something, the more he wants to know.

Huang Dan went back to the mansion for a walk, then went to the back kitchen.

The guy at the door was washing the bottom of the pot. When he saw someone coming, he quickly called the big guys to stand in two rows together, "Master."

Huang Dan walks around at will.

The cook bowed his head, "Master, do you have any orders?"

Huang Dan looked at the fruits and vegetables, pots and pans on the chopping board, and asked casually, "That pear with rock sugar, make me a bowl."

The cook said, "Master, it's a coincidence. The kitchen just made some."

He personally filled a bowl and handed it over, "Be careful it's hot."

Huang Dan scooped up some Sydney water with a spoon, and blew it into his mouth. The taste was very similar to what Juan'er made for him, "Who made this Sydney water?"

The cook pointed to a fat man, "It was made by the king."

Fatty Wang shook his head, "No, I only saw it when I lifted the lid."

The cook asked each of them one by one, and it turned out that everyone thought each other was the one who made it up, but they didn't know it.

At this moment, everyone in the kitchen changed their expressions. The young master drank rock sugar pear water from unknown sources. If something happened, they would have to walk around without eating.

Huang Dan asked his servants to investigate, but they failed to find Mingtang.

The cook said that it might be a servant who wanted to drink Sydney water, so he sneaked into the kitchen and boiled a jar for himself. He forgot to go back and forth when something happened, and dared not come out to admit it, because he took Sydney and rock sugar, and was afraid of being punished.

Huang Dan maintained a neutral attitude towards this statement, and did not investigate clearly. He was not sure who did it.

Juan'er has left the town.

It must be a coincidence.

Huang Dan's eyelids lifted, what if it wasn't?He stopped abruptly, if Juan'er hadn't left, then there was a reason why she had to stay, and there must be other actions.

At this point in time, Ye Mansion sent someone over to bring Huang Dan to the mansion.

Huang Dan was taken to the hall, and when he saw Mr. Ye sitting on the chair, his expression was not very good. He presumably knew that the disappearance of the youngest son was related to his daughter, and also knew that the couple had already left, so he didn't even say hello.

The second aunt was too dead, and the children didn't come back. The whole father Ye's desolation was written on his face. He put down the tea cup, "Nephew, I called you here so late to ask you, Lan Lan Is there anything you can tell me?"

Huang Dan said, "No."

Father Ye didn't move for a long time.

Huang Dan thought, when Mr. Ye heard these words, he knew that his daughter didn't care about the relationship between father and daughter, and didn't care about the prosperity and disgrace of the Ye family, so he must feel bad.

"Uncle, Ye Lan told me that she doesn't like this town."

Father Ye put his hand on the armrest of the chair, the jade ring of his thumb exuded a gleam of luster under the yellowish light, rich and cold, "What else did she say?"

Huang Dan said, "The people in the town are ignorant, ignorant, stubborn, and feudal."

Father Ye's face stiffened, and it took him a while to say, "Lanlan is right."

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

Father Ye leaned back and rubbed his forehead with one hand, "Nephew, what does this town look like to you?"

Huang Dan said, "At first I didn't feel much about this place."

"However, since Boss Zhang and his father were beaten to death and I was almost thrown into a pot to cook, in my opinion, the scenery in the town is beautiful, the snacks in the town are delicious, and the people in the town There's a devil living inside of me."

Father Ye murmured, "The devil..."

Huang Dan said, "That's right, after Ye Lan and I returned to China, we learned that there were several murders in the town, all of which were caused by people's hearts."

Father Ye's expression was strange, "It's not people's hearts, my nephew, it's because a demon has come to town."

Huang Dan said, "Have you seen Uncle?"

Father Ye shook his head.

Huang Dan said, "I've never seen a cannibal, either. I've only seen cannibals."

Father Ye could hear the sarcasm in the young man's words, he waved his hands, unwilling to continue the topic, "Nephew, Lanlan took Xiaobao away, do you know where they went?"

Huang Dan couldn't explain clearly, "Uncle, I think you can rest assured that Ye Lan will treat Second Aunt's children well."

Father Ye said, "I know."

A flash of memory flashed in his eyes, and his expression softened, "Lanlan was a kind-hearted child since she was a child. She would bring back a rabbit that was injured in the grass to take care of it, and would save the lucky money I gave her to help those she didn't know. people."

"Lanlan also treats servants as family members. How many times have I told her that she should behave like a master and not be equal to servants, but she didn't listen, and turned her head and said that I am a bad person, a big villain."

Huang Dan heard a sentence in his ear, "She's right."

The voice was drawn out, slowed down, and vague, and he suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Father Ye stood up and walked to the door, turned his back to Huang Dan and said, "Lanlan blames me and thinks I'm not worthy to be her father."

Huang Dan began to speculate that Ye Lan must have witnessed Ye's father doing something she couldn't accept. Maybe she persuaded her, the father and daughter had a dispute, and finally Ye's father insisted on going his own way, so she removed this family from her world up.

Will it be related to the Tian family?

If so, Huang Dan guessed, the old lady, Father Ye, Boss Dai, Boss Zhang, several big families, and even people from the town, they all participated in the same thing?

Huang Dan felt that he was face to face with the truth, so there was a layer of tulle behind him, and he only needed to lift the tulle.

That night, Song Ying's family died.

The housekeeper called, Huang Dan hurriedly got up and ran over.

Song Ying let out a sigh of relief, but when she saw her grandson, she stopped breathing and didn't even say a word.

It seems that for Song Yingshi, everything she wants to say has already been said, and there are some things that she hasn't said, so she can't say them. She has to take them to the underworld, and she doesn't want to leave any burden and pressure on her grandson.

The old lady walked quickly, Huang Dan stood in front of the bed, his breathing was still chaotic, he had just woken up from a dream, his body was still in a loose state of sleep, and his mind was a little dazed.

The red lanterns outside the gate of the Song Mansion were taken down, and white lanterns were hung up again.

The servants, including the housekeeper, all dressed in white, and walked around the mansion with unspeakable sadness and dullness.

People die like a lamp going out, leaving only a pile of ashes.

People from the town came over one after another, saying some mild comfort, nothing more than the fact that people cannot be resurrected after death, and their sorrows changed, and they came apart in different ways.

Huang Dan knelt and burned paper in front of the mourning hall, howling when he saw no one.

He didn't take care of trivial matters, the housekeeper and a few older servants were in charge.

It was the offshoot of the Song family who was crying.

Not long after, Huang Dan heard the housekeeper's name and knew that Father Ye was coming. He raised his eyelids and was startled.

Father Ye's complexion was much worse than that night, and there was a faint breath on his body, which is something that only people who are about to die will have.

"Nephew, don't be too sad, the old lady can feel at ease when she is underground."

Huang Dan, "Yes."

Father Ye patted him on the shoulder, let out a long sigh, turned around and went out.

When it was almost noon, Liu Chu came over. He gave Si Mao the knife, walked into the mourning hall, and lit incense to worship.

There was someone in the mourning hall, so Liu Chu didn't say anything else, and comforted Huang Dan as an ordinary friend, "Master Song, the old lady gave me a precious sword before her death, if you need help in the future, please tell me."

Huang Dan didn't speak for a long time, his voice hoarse, "Thank you, Catcher Liu."

Liu Chu frowned, feeling a little distressed, and wanted to pull the young man up and rub his knees, but now he couldn't do that, so he could only turn around and leave.

At the end of the day, there were many footprints on the threshold of the mansion, the sky gradually darkened, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The mourning hall is lit with ever-burning lamps, and a kerosene lamp is placed in front of the coffin.

Seeing that Huang Dan wanted to go back to his room, the butler hurriedly said in a low voice, "Master, the mourning hall must never be short of people."

Huang Dan knelt back again.

On the day of the funeral, many people came to the mansion, burning incense and kowtow one by one.

Song Ying's family has a long life, has such a big property, enjoys all the glory and wealth, and has a chastity memorial archway, many people hope to come to get some of her blessings floating in the mourning hall.

Huang Dan couldn't understand.

As soon as the time came, the burial team set off from the Song Mansion and headed towards the Song family's cemetery.

Less than half an hour after leaving the Song Mansion, an old woman rushed in by the side of the road. She lay down on the coffin and shouted incoherently, "Retribution is coming, retribution is coming!"

The yellow sheet in front of the line looked over and immediately recognized Boss Zhang's old mother. After her son and his wife died, she went crazy, walking around the streets and alleys every day, still talking non-stop.

The old woman was dressed in shabby clothes, clapped her hands, and smiled wrinkled her face, "It's over, it's over."

The next moment, she cried again, "What a retribution..."

Everyone felt a chill crawling up their backs, and their scalps were numb. They all stared at the old woman with extremely terrifying eyes, as if they were afraid and panicked.

Someone on the street said, "This old bastard is crazy, arrest her!"

Huang Dan stopped her, and asked his servants to take the old woman to the mansion. Unexpectedly, when he came back, the servants said that she had run away through the back door.

"Young master, don't worry about it, that mother-in-law is a lunatic."

The butler didn't say much.

The Song Ying family broke the Song family's family rules and became the first woman who could put a memorial tablet in the ancestral hall after death.

The branches of the Song family strongly opposed it, saying that women are not even allowed to enter the door of the ancestral hall. How can they be put in the ancestral hall?

They joined forces to throw out the old lady's tablet.

Huang Dan threw out the old lady's lifelong contribution to the Song family. A woman has done what no Song family man can do. Why is she not eligible to live in the ancestral hall?

Those people are still pretentious.

Huang Dan learned from their words and deeds that in this era, the status of women is extremely low, they are tools for carrying on the family line, not individuals, even if men are worthless, they can be enshrined in the ancestral hall. No matter how old you are, no matter how much you know, you can only stay at the bottom.

You can never step into the ancestral hall.

Huang Dan took over the property of the Song family, as well as the ancestral hall. He would not compromise on this matter, nor would he back down.

After a few days of commotion, the side branches of the Song family finally calmed down.

Just as Huang Dan followed Mr. Accountant to take care of the account books of the Song family while investigating the clues of the mission, the scholar came back.

Huang Dan felt strange, as long as he was not a fool, he would know that the Song family was still in a period of turmoil, and there would be unknown changes, and this muddy water could not be waded.

The scholar is obviously not a fool.

Although he was picked up by the original owner's uncle and brought back to the Song family for adoption, except for the uncle, no one else wanted to see him.

Even repulsion.

Because in their eyes, what they picked up was a wild species.

Huang Dan knew that before the civil strife in the Song family, his uncle had gone to other places to buy tea, and he was lucky enough to avoid this struggle.

Even if the scholar didn't go with his uncle, he could stay in the countryside with Old Man Zhao this time, and it would depend on the situation after this period of time passed. Why did he come back at this time?

unless……

The scholar has something to do and has to come back.

Huang Dan called the scholar to the study room, and looked at him secretly. He looked like a young student with red lips and white teeth. His impression of this person was that he liked to swallow his saliva and was a little timid.

The scholar lowered his brows and eyes, "Young Master."

Huang Dan took a sip of tea, "How is the teacher?"

The scholar said, "It has been settled properly."

He blamed himself, "Eldest young master, I was delayed by a thief on the road, and I didn't make it in time to send the old lady off for the last time."

Huang Dan asked, "Are you alright?"

The scholar shook his head, "Only suffered a little skin trauma."

Huang Dan ordered, "Raise your head."

The scholar lowered his head even lower, a pair of shoes appeared under his eyelids, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, making a swallowing motion.

Huang Dan stood in front of the scholar and repeated the sentence just now.

The scholar swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, slowly raised his head, his eyelids were still drooping, and he didn't look at the person in front of him, not sure if he didn't dare or what the reason was.

Huang Dan said, "The wound on your chin was made by a thief?"

The scholar nodded, "Yes."

Huang Dan wanted to find an excuse to keep the scholar there, and then observe and observe, so he said that the books on the shelf needed to be tidied up and asked him to help.

The scholar had no objection, and lowered his eyes to the bookshelf.

Huang Dan raised his head and asked some homely questions, and the scholar replied calmly, without any abnormality.

The tea in his hand was completely cold, and the scholar was still standing in front of the bookshelf, with a slender figure, "The turmoil at home will not stop for the time being. I sent someone to find out that Uncle is in Xiao Town. You can go find him there."

The scholar pursed his lips and wiped off the dust on a book, "I will go to find my father after a while."

Huang Dan drank up the herbal tea, and inadvertently glanced at him for a while.

The scholar bent down to get the books on the lower layer, and a piece of jade fell out of his neck, shaking in the air. He stuffed the jade into the neckline, and continued to arrange the books as if nothing had happened.

Ten days later, Father Ye died at home.

Liu Chu took Si Mao Lao Feng and the others to check. Father Ye had no wounds or signs of poisoning. The preliminary judgment was that he died of natural causes.

When Huang Dan heard the news, he was feeding the fish in the pavilion in the garden. He sprinkled all the fish food in his hand into the pond. Father Ye's death seemed to be within his expectation.

It's just like……

There's still one left, it's his turn.

This feeling is very strange, Huang Dan is lying on the railing, Ye Lan knows a lot, and he can see it through, is it too early to count that Ye's father can't enjoy his old age peacefully?

It took a long time before Huang Dan let out the breath that was stuck in his throat.

A few days later, Huang Dan and Liu Chu saw a figure in the alley, which was Boss Zhang's old mother.

The old woman huddled in the corner, muttering, "All dead... all dead... all dead..."

Huang Dan approached, and heard the old woman looking at the void, she was smiling, but her face was full of tears, "No one can escape... son... old Zhang... wrong... all wrong……"

"Grandma, why is it wrong?"

The old woman's eyes were dull, she didn't say anything to Huang Dan, she was still looking at the void, there seemed to be someone standing there, it was her son and her wife.

Huang Dan swallowed, looked at the man beside him, "Is there no ghost?"

Liu Chu's tone was firm, "Of course not."

Huang Dan said, "Why does this mother-in-law keep looking at that place?"

Liu Chu shrugged, "Didn't you say you're crazy? It doesn't make sense for a lunatic to do anything."

Huang Dan said, "That's right."

He knelt down and yelled several times before the old woman turned her head, "Mother-in-law, are your son and wife wrong?"

The old woman made a mistake, "I said there would be retribution, but I didn't listen, it's here, it's already here..."

She pointed to the ground, "Look, it's all blood, so much blood, the whole town will be buried."

Huang Dan looked at Liu Chu sideways.

Liu Chu is also looking at him.

This scene is creepy.

Huang Dan stretched out his hand to pull the old woman, "Grandma, it's cold on the ground, get up."

The old woman was pulled to stand up, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were all crowded together when she smiled, "I'll give you a treasure."

She reached into her bosom and took out something, "Look, baby!"

It was a piece of jade pendant, held by a pair of old and dry hands, quietly emitting a clear luster under the night.

Huang Dan took the jade pendant in his hand, squinted his eyes, and his pupils shrank.

Liu Chu asked, "Why, is it yours?"

Huang Dan said no, it was from a scholar.

Liu Chu took a deep breath, "This jade pendant is worn around the neck, and most people can't see it. How did you see it? You still remember it so clearly."

Yellow list, "..."

He sent the old woman home.

Liu Chu followed the scholar and found that he would come out every night, walking on the street with his head down, as if he was looking for something.

After Huang Dan knew about this, he went to check Yupei's information, but found nothing, so he had to let Liu Chu come.

Liu Chu used his own relationship to find out that the jade pendant was bought from the second master of the Jia family in Sifang City by a wealthy businessman at a high price.

The second master only knew that the wealthy businessman's surname was Tian.

The scholar is from the Tian family?

Huang Dan dragged this clue to investigate the town